Fence-post and fence-fastening.



A. J. MoGAVICK.

FENCE POST AND FENCE FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED 3111.13, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER J. MGGAVIGK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FENCE-POST AND FENCE-FASTENING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. MG- G'rAVICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and the State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence- Posts andFence-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a durable post and simple wirefastenings for woven wire fencing.

The manner in which I accomplish my object is described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation of the post and fence in position. Fig. 2,is a cross section on the line 2-2 Fig. 1.

In the drawings 5 indicates a post made preferably of concrete.Extending transversely through the post from front to rear are a numberof holes. These holes may be tapering as shown at 6 Fig. 2. Supported inthese holes are tie wires 7. One end of each of these wires is looped asshown at 9 in Fig. 2. The fencing 10 is placed against the face of thepost and the tie wires are then inserted in the holes in the post, thehorizontal wires of the fence resting on the Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed January 13, 1911.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Serial No. 602,528.

tie wire. A stay wire 11 is then passed down through the looped ends ofthe tie wires in front of the fence wires. The projecting ends 12 of thetie wires are folded against the back of the post and twisted till thestay wire and fencing are drawn tight against the face of the post asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The combinationwith a post having transverse tapering holes extending therethrough eachof said holes being formed to admit a double wire at the face of saidpost and a single wire at the rear side, single tie .wires looped at oneend to encircle a bar,

and to reenter the large end of said hole, the other ends of said wiresbeing twisted and bent at right angles to the center line of said post,a bar held vertically in the said looped ends of said wires, wherebysaid bar and wires are adapted to hold fence wires against the face ofsaid post as described.

ALEXANDER J. MCGAVICK.

Witnesses:

THOMAS J. MORGAN, THOMAS J. MORGAN, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

